Seed Black Hole, 100 Million Years after the Big Bang
An artist’s impression of the formation of quasar Pōniuāʻena, starting with a seed black hole, 100 million years after the Big Bang. Astronomers discovered this, the second most distant quasar ever found, using the international Gemini Observatory and Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO), Programs of NSF’s NOIRLab. It is the first quasar to receive an indigenous Hawaiian name.
Credit:International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/P. Marenfeld
About the Image
Id: | noirlab2015b |
Type: | Artwork |
Release date: | June 25, 2020, 6 a.m. |
Related releases: | noirlab2015 |
Size: | 4500 x 4500 px |
About the Object
Category: | Quasars and Black Holes |
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